To say the beginning of this season has been a surprise might be an understatement. Three PGA Tour golf tournaments played in 2024 have produced three triple-digit winners. Chris Kirk (+20000), Grayson Murray (+40000), and amateur Nick Dunlap (+30000) have cashed for bettors this January, but with a quality field in San Diego this week, will it happen again? The Farmers Insurance Open is the only tournament all year that is played from Wednesday through Saturday, so don't forget to get your picks and lineups in early. The players will play one of the first two days on each of the North and South courses, before those who make the cut will play the South twice this weekend.

With the biggest names in golf playing for $9 million in purse money, who can you trust for your Farmers Insurance Open Fantasy golf picks? Before you set your Farmers Insurance Open 2024 Fantasy golf lineups or make any PGA Tour bets, you NEED to see the Fantasy golf rankings from Fantasy expert Eric Cohen.

Cohen is an avid golf bettor who correctly predicted the pre-tournament outright winner of the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic (Rickie Fowler +1400), 2023 PGA Championship (Brooks Koepka +2000), 2023 Honda Classic (Chris Kirk +3500), 2022 Open Championship (Cameron Smith +2200), 2022 U.S. Open (Matt Fitzpatrick +2500), and 2022 Phoenix Open (Scottie Scheffler's first career victory at +2800). 

Eric is a contributor to SportsLine's YouTube shows including "Early Edge" and is the host of "The Early Wedge" golf show (live on Monday, 1/22 at 7:00 p.m. ET. Anyone who has followed Cohen's predictions has made positive gains on their golf picks.

Now, Cohen has studied the field set to play in San Diego and revealed his 2024 Farmers Insurance Open Fantasy golf rankings. 

We can tell you he is backing Sahith Theegala, who has played well here and has an interesting correlation. "The last time Theegala played a professional tournament in California, he won the Fortinet Championship in September. If you remember, the previous winner of that event was Max Homa (twice), who also won at Torrey Pines in 2023."

On the other hand, Cohen is fading the second betting choice, Patrick Cantlay (+1000), and has him ranked outside the top-10. "Cantlay lost nearly five strokes combined with his irons and putter [last week], which isn't a good formula heading into this tournament. In three appearances here, Cantlay has registered two missed cuts and a T51 finish."

Cohen also is backing several underdogs in his 2024 Farmers Insurance Open Fantasy golf picks, including two HUGE longshots who come in at 110-1! If these players can pull off stunning results, they would bring HUGE payoffs and be valuable pieces for Farmers Insurance Open Fantasy golf lineups. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who they are before locking in any fantasy golf picks.

Who wins the Farmers Insurance Open in Southern California, and which players could bring a BIG payoff of 110-1 and be the difference for your Fantasy golf picks? Join SportsLine now to get Eric Cohen's Fantasy golf rankings and picks for the Farmers Insurance Open, all from the Fantasy expert who has delivered a positive ROI with his golf picks!